A very leaning Royal Palm

QuestionRoyalPalmLean QUESTION: We live in south Florida, Miami Beach, and just went through the minor (thank God!) inconvenience of Tropical storm Isaac. Our neighbors have a Royal Palm which is easily 50 or

Splitting trunk on Silver Date Palm

QuestionWe live south of Jacksonville Fl and have a beautiful Silver date palm that is about 5 years old and the trunk is splitting on 3 sides to the point that beige root clusters are exposed. Is this somethi

mexican petunias problem

Question mexican petunias I have attached a picture of my plantthat has these small whatever on some of the stems, the plant is healthy and I get flowers every morning. Would you be able to tell me what

Splitting trunk of Royal Palm

QuestionHello, I have a royal palm that seems to be doing fine except I am concerned with the vertical lines all around the top of the trunk. Wondered if you knew what is causing this, i.e. disease or pest. &n

eurica palms

QuestionI cutoff some palms from a mother tree which is 20 ft tall 4 ft around. transplanted the pieces I cut off they had roots on them it wasnt a full root ball but there were plenty of roots. Will tese take

fertilizer application

QuestionHi, I bought a bottle of water-soluble fertilizer which is in powdery form. I tried to dissolve it in water as per instruction on it. But the powder is not completely dissolving in water. Residues are left i

large palm pod

Questionfound a hard pod on my walk. its about 6tall, very hard and has split showing long ropey yellow fruit. what is it? AnswerI would really need to see an image Sheila, but it sounds like a Queen Pa

scale on Mexican petunia

QuestionHow do I control or get rid of scale without hurting the baby and full grown caterpillars? I love my butterflies and do not want to do anything that would disrupt their life cycle. AnswerHi Beth,,,,Ho

Frost Damage

QuestionHello, I am in Michigan. I keep my Schefflera (20 years old) and Dracaena outdoors during the summer. This year I waited a day too long to bring them in. They both got frost damage.

spliting trunk on queen palm

QuestionI have a 20ft Queen Palm that has several large splits in the trunk from the ground up about 3 feet. The tree seems healthy and the top fronds look great. What causes the splits and should I use some type of

Asparagas Fern/ Ponytail Fern

QuestionQUESTION: Hello. I live in a high elevation desert climate. Currently in Dec., we are experiencing 70 degree days and 40 degree evenings. With that said, I planted two Ponytail Ferns, each in its own p

ant damage to queen palms

Questionwe have very well established large queen palms that are over 25 ft tall...one of which has severe damage from ants on the trunk about 3 ft from the base...we didnt notice the damage until it was almost too

Help to identify

Question Close up Overall We recently bought a house on St Corix, USVI, and are busily trying to identify the plants -- many of them need to GO, but we want to know which ones to keep. Enclo

foxtail palm frond curling

QuestionQUESTION: We have at least 7 foxtail palms that are very healthy. We are having an issue with one foxtail that the fronds are curling and turning brown a few weeks after they are out. Also, the trunk is much

King palm

QuestionQUESTION: Hi i have bought a king palm and planted it about 9 months ago and i put viteman b on it when planted everything i should have done ect. About a month after planted it seemed to be dying on me well

Fishtail Palm brown sopts

QuestionI live in Seminole Fl. just a few miles south of Clearwater. Last summer I was given a small fishtail palm (14 in. tall) which had two small fronds. I planted it in the ground just with the soil from the pot

Foxtail Palms and Ixoras

QuestionMy Foxtail Palms are drooping and the shoots for new fronds are not extending completely from the trunk. Overall, they look unhealthy. I recently fertilized (approximately 2 weeks ago) with around the

Pygmy Date frostbitten Palms

QuestionYou had mentioned if a Pygmy Date Palm may have frostbite a person can try spraying the center with a copper fungicide. So should all the dead palm branches then be cut off? Thanks

flowering plants

Questionlooking for a salt tolerant, full sun, flowering plant, annual or prennial. any suggestions? AnswerHi Sheila,,,the list is endless!..but I will give you my favorites for not only salt tolerance, but f

areka palm

QuestionDear Nick, We have 28 year old,30 ft areka palms in the back yard of our home in Marco Island, Fl. We want to transplant them to the very rear of the yard and also separate the clusters evenly all along rear